Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-05
How Mrs. Legport Got Her Pin
N Money.
New England Farmer.

DullulngS In tOleraDle repair, lOr
reasonable sum of money. He paid
one thousand dollars and mortgaged
the whole, for the remainder, which
was to be paid in yearly installments
of two hundred dollars, and interest
on the whole annually. He married
the woman of his choice and she had
two hundred dollars of her own earn
ings, which she invested in furnish
ing the house, very economically
and judiciously, and when she had
bought all that was needed she had
just cash enough left to buy one cow
and two years old heiter. Her
father gave her another cow, two
sheep, dozen hens, and four tur-
keys. This was her dowry. She
took the entire charge of the poultry
and she was very fortunate, for they
multiplied exceedingly, and she sold
eggs enough to buy all the groceries
needed for the family and had some
thing left over. She was q thrifty
housekeeper and could turn her hand
to every kind of business in her de-
partments, and not unfrequently
gave Henry helping hand in the
field and garden. Things went well
with them. They lifted each note as
it came due and kept the interest
paid up promptly. Mrs. Legport
was an ambitious little woman, and
when she saw her neighboring friends
running their nice sewing machines,
she determined to have one also, for
really she had to work pretty late
and early to keep up her sewing,
with her other work.
So she studied ways and means,
very thoroughly and puzzled her
brains to think how she could earn
the money herself to pay for one. She
did not mention the matter to her
husband, for she knew he had all he
could do to meet the payments, and
the farm must, and should, be paid
for, sewing machine or not. 1t was
a hard year, for farmers butter was
low, though her prints brought the
highest market prices; wool was
selling at a mere pittance, and every
thing in the like ratio. 1t was al
most Thanksgiving time and the
turkeys were ready to be killed and
dressed for market, the chickens had
been sold alive, at fair price.
More than half of the turkeys were
gobblers, and as she was feeding them
for the last time, and they strutted
around in their pride and glory, a
bright idea struck her.
81 will do it," she exclaimed.
Nothing venture, nothing have"
"What is it you are going to do ?"
asked her husband, as he was going
with a basket of corn to the barn.
''Make fans out of these fine COB
blers tails" she replied.
"How is that? and what will you
do with so many?"
81 will show you tomorrow. Be
careful and not pull them out OF
break them, when you catch or pick
them, and I want every wing cut off,
too, and savedw She emptied hel
dish of grain and returned to the
house deep in thought.
When the turkeys were killed and
picked, her husband brought them
into the kitchen, and turned to hi;
wife laughing. "Come wife, what
is your speculation now~
cpl show you in half a minute
and taking a sharp knife she GU
down by the side of the feathers
above and under, and drew out thu
large plumage, and spread it out il
almost half a circle, with the darn
and light stripes naturally marked
on the outside.
"Well done! but how will you fl
the place where you took it out. 1
won't do to spoil the turkey fo
market"
"No indeed! l will fix it in 4;
moment;" and with a needle anc
thread she drew the skin togethe
neatly.
"Who will ever know it is cut?'
she asked triumphantly.
aft looks neater than if the feather
had been pulled out; 1 declare, it is
decided Improvement" said Mr.
Legport. ~ will take out the res
of the fans for you
"May have the fans and wings
Henry? l want them"
Certainly, and the feathers too,
you want them. I picked them il
barrels, 30 they are clean. The lonl
feathers from the hen turkeys are il
q, ho6lyof In tho uhAd ~